Chester won't be down

[Cranky]

Oh man....I have my days when I think about just pulling my .45 out (I carry) and doing it. 31 years of marriage down the drain but then I think about doors. Yup lol...for every door that's closed, another one opens. Actually, the mess I'm in right now has brought me closer to God. Now I know that many here do not believe but I have most of my life and our family did go to church for many years. Last time I mentioned going back, my wife said she wasn't ready. I can understand that but then on the other hand, I do not and none of my kids go either. I could write a book about my life over the last 40 years but then so could so many others. Btw, I'm the one I was talking about not having any earned income.....

 

[steve from staten island]

In my family too. Don't plan to carry on the trait. Why do I have to pay for every goddam problem in the world? Pancreatic cancer etc?, my wallet is open. That is real.

--Nobody wants your money.

 

[steve from staten island]

Looking back i most likely saved a co-workers life. The guy had problems and has acting more erratically as the months passed on. On day i sat him down and asked what the problem was. We talked, he mentioned suicide and i had to turn him in to the foreman who then took him to the hospital. Later on he told me he literally was up for four days and couldn't think straight. I retired, his problems continued and he attempted to kill himself but relatives found him minutes before death. This guy was physically tough. He had a very hard life growing up, was on his own by fifteen. Hungry, poor, father never supported family. He worked hard and got a job and learned a trade. He married a local girl, herself from a broken home. They started out with nothing, never asked nor got anything. They eventually bought a small house and raised a few kids. When i tell you as nice a guy as this co worker could be, dont abuse him, get in his face or anything like that. He was big strong and knew how to fight and wasn't afraid. Yet his mind was weak. He suffered from some mental stuff that i guess he just could not handle on his own
As far as i know now he is doing well and back at work. I wish him the best and he knows i mean it.

 

[Cranky]

A guy at work that never showed signs of suicide did it one day at work. Like me, he was harassed by 1st line supervisors and after years of this crap, he got fed up with it. I'm sure there was more to the story but no one at work knew it. I finally backed one of the dumb *** stupidvisors into a corner and let him know that he wasn't going to make me go home anymore to kick my wife and screw my dog ever again. He got the message but another one didn't. I was one year from retirement and had to reel myself in to keep from getting fired when he tried to jump my butt for no reason. Four years later the retirees got invited to a dinner and the one that didn't get it showed up and extended his hand when he saw me. I had a real hard time extending mine and even thought about unzipping to extend my very little man but I did extended my hand instead even though it was a very limp shake on my part. Just got to bury the hatchet at times and more on....

 

[1962polara]

It's a hidden disease that people don't talk about . In Australia the problem is high profile ,there are support services everywhere. The problem is out in the open now.
For too long men where seen as weak or drama queens ,if they showed signs of mental depression.
People need help not ridicule...they have my support.

https://www.beyondblue.org.au/

 

[moparmarks]

Mental illness in this country is a joke. Here in Mesa County where I live we have some of the highest suicide rates in the country. Like 5 times the average. Especially for teenagers and the old. I don't understand it.